Matt Hancock today warned that the Covid vaccine rollout will suffer a dip this week — but there will be a bump in March to compensate for the lag. The Health Secretary said a delay in the supply schedule will result in less jabs being dished out. But both AstraZeneca and Pfizer — manufacturers of … Read more
Beer importers are seeing shortages of specialist brews from Germany and Belgium as a result of Brexit red tape and Covid-19. The company ‘Beers of Europe’, which claims to operate the biggest beer shop in Britain as well as offering online sales, has issued a warning about the problem to customers. British craft brewers have seized … Read more
Economic activity declines as manufacturing sector hit by worst supply chain problems since the 90’s – but there are signs of better times coming Shipping delays, Brexit and demand for worldwide materials hit supply chains But, manufacturing sector still showed signs of growth last month By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: 11:40 GMT, 19 February … Read more
‘Superwoman’ mother-of-three who pushed dairy lorry up snowy hill gets a year’s free supply of milk as reward Charlene Leslie, 33, was filmed pushing the massive Grahams milk lorry up a hill Supermarket worker was heading to the shops when she saw the Grahams lorry Graham’s has gifted Charlene, from Cowdenbeath, a year of free … Read more
EU accused of ‘kissing the backside of Russia’ after it turns to Moscow to make up its shortfall in vaccine supplies Josep Borrell backs Russian Sputnik V jab, congratulates country on its ‘success’ Russia expelled three European diplomats over imprisonment of Alexei Navalny Sir Iain Duncan Smith says EU is ‘kissing the backside of Russia,’ … Read more
Number 10 has launched the world’s first trial into whether mixing and matching coronavirus vaccines is safe and can enhance protection against the disease. The study of more than 800 patients will look at the effect of giving someone an initial dose of the Oxford University jab, followed by the Pfizer one, and vice versa. Scientists will … Read more
Britain today hit the major milestone of vaccinating 10million people against coronavirus — but critics have demanded No10 gets a grip on the ‘lackadaisical approach’ to dishing out jabs on Sundays. Despite the inoculation drive being an undoubted success, with Britain administering more vaccines per person than any other country except Israel, a trend has … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock today blamed ‘lumpy supply’ for blips in Britain’s coronavirus vaccine rollout and revealed plans to administer jabs through the night had been scrapped. Despite the UK’s inoculation drive being an undoubted success, with 10million doses already dished out, a trend has emerged in the figures showing a sharp drop-off in uptake … Read more
The supply of coronavirus vaccines to the North West of England could be cut by a third next month so doses can be diverted to parts of the country further behind in their rollout to the over-80s. NHS England figures reveal the North West had vaccinated the second-highest proportion of its over-80s, reaching two thirds of … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon was accused of taking the EU’s side in the bitter vaccine row today as she vowed to publish details of the UK’s supplies despite Boris Johnson ordering her to keep them secret. In an extraordinary move, the First Minister risked undermining Britain’s position, with Brussels heaping pressure on firms to give the bloc … Read more